Dave Cooks a Turkey - A Christmas Comedy of Errors
In this lighthearted Christmas tale, Dave faces amusing obstacles while trying to cook a turkey for dinner. Situational and dramatic ironies add twists to the story, making it a delightful read with unexpected moments.
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DAVE COOKS A TURKEY BY JOSH MITCHELL
SIGNIFICANTS OF THE TITLE From the title Dave Cooks a Turkey the reader knows there is a man named Dave who is cooking a Turkey, and that Dave and the Turkey are the MAIN aspects of the story. Dave cooking the Turkey represents something deeper than it is. The title represents the short story as a whole, the theme, moral, and plot are all represented by the title, and the deed Dave is doing.
THE CHARACTERS AND SETTING Dave: Main Character, mid aged Male, Father, Protagonist, Round Character. Morley: Dave s Spouse, mid aged female, Mother, Static. Dave s neighbor Jim Scofield: Background character, Static. Setting: Christmas Time, at Dave s House. Emotional Setting: Lighthearted and Humorous
PLOT Person vs Self Dave is now home, and he decides to put gravy on the lightbulbs. Dave is faced with multiple obstacles, however Dave finds a way of getting the Turkey cooked for Christmas dinner. They begin the Christmas dinner, but Dave feels uncomfortable and guilty for pretending that everything was alright when he was in the process of cooking the turkey. Dave forgets to buy a turkey, he doesn t know how to start the oven so he ends up getting the turkey cooked at a hotel. She explains this to her spouse Dave. Informs him that she wants to enjoy Christmas and requests that Dave will cook the Turkey this year. Gravy starts dripping down from the lightbulb onto his neighbour Jim s head. Initialing Incident: Morley joins the local Christmas Club Dave tells Morley what actually happened. It s approaching Christmas and Morley is fed up with parenting, she feels has no help and is constantly doing everything.
IRONIES 1.) Did Dave cook the Turkey? From the Title and the build up the reader would expect Dave to cook the Turkey, but he gets a Hotel chef to cook it for him. (Situational Irony) 2.) After Morley s rant about her being overworked and tired of Dave being no help. Dave thought she was considering divorce Not at Christmas he replied as in reference to divorce during Christmas would suck. Morley replied Exactly like she was agreeing with Dave. She then talked about how she wanted to enjoy Christmas. The reader was expecting Morley to be mad about that remark, but instead Morley took Not at Christmas out of context, and wasn t particularly mad at that remark, personally I though Morley was going to bounce back with anger. That statement actually made her explain to Dave how she was feeling, and why Christmas was significant to her. The reader was expecting D-I-V-O-R-C-E. (Situational Irony)
IRONIES 3.) At the very end of the story a Dave is about to confess to Morley that he didn t actually cook the turkey and everything that happened that day. The reader knew exactly what was happening at that moment, but Morley had no idea. (Dramatic Irony)
FORESHADOW At the end of the story, when gravy was dripping from the lightbulb onto Jim Scofield s head the story gained suspense in the sense that something bad was going to happen. Personally when I was reading this, I though there is no way Dace is getting away clean, the author particularly stating gravy dripping onto Jim s head indicates that something bad may Happen. Jim and Dave had seen each other earlier that day at the hotel when Dave was getting his Turkey cooked, Dave didn t want him to say anything about that encounter. So when Dave saw this, he felt that it would be better for him to tell Morley to her face what happened with the Turkey instead of her find out from Jim. There was a foreshadow that Dave wasn t going to make it out of the Christmas dinner without Morley finding out about everything that happened.
SYMBOL Turkey. In this story the Turkey isn t just a Turkey. The Turkey represents Dave s commitment to the relationship. Morley goes on a big rant about how she does all the work and has no help. She refers to herself as the porter, the conductor, the cook, engineer and the maintenance man while Dave is just in the Bar cart. She tells Dave he needs to cook a turkey for Christmas this year to show her he cares. The relationship is dependant on the Turkey, and if Dave cooks the Turkey it shows Morley that Dave cares.
GENRE The Genre is an Escape. Dave Cooks a Turkey is a Satire. Dave is a Father who is critiqued by his spouse Morley for being no help and lazy. He is given the task to cook a Turkey for Christmas dinner, and Dave struggles through multiple obstacles along the way.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY No obstacle is TOO big if your committed and determined. Dave was committed to cooking the Turkey because he loved Morley, he may have not been the man for the job he got it done even with all the obstacles.
MAIN THEMES OF THE STORY Dave s commitment to his family and wife. Moms need more help. Be honest and clear about how you feel and how you are doing. Humour can be found in any situation.
